Mr John Hines

I qualified from The University of Liverpool Medical School in 1985 and undertook a wide variety of training jobs in Liverpool, Birmingham and London, where I was a senior registrar in the North West London region. I started as a consultant urological Surgeon on 1st January 1999 at Whipps Cross Hospital, London. My NHS practice also included Bart's Hospital from 2000 and University College London Hospital (UCLH) from 2010, and since 2019 all of my NHS practice has been at UCLH.  Since 2012 I have been the Urology Cancer Pathway Director for north east and north central London and west Essex and led the major reorganisation of cancer services between 2012 and 2016.  I have a major interest in medical education and examinations and my current roles include Chair of Cores Surgical Training in London, Undergraduate Urology Teaching Lead at UCLH and Chair of the Intercollegiate Committee for Basic Surgical Examinations of the four Royal Colleges of Surgeons of the UK and Ireland. My clinical interests are prostate and bladder cancer, benign prostatic disease, prostatitis, recurrent urine infection and uro-gynaecological malignancy. 

My specialist interests are: Prostate cancer including diagnosis and fusion perineal biopsy Benign prostate disease including HoLEP Bladder Cancer Prostatitis Recurrent Urine infections Urodynamics Uro-gynaecological malignancy